Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Lorenzo Crowell

<p>Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery, against the annexation of Texas or other slave states, repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color, and right to trial by jury </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858092">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858092</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Ware </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas Snell, Ware </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Lorenzo Crowell</li><li>John Davis</li><li>Samuel Babbit</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 36 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 36 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1839, Docket 10525 </p> <p>Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.</p>